vascular

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids

From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).

The alimentary canal is made anew, and the nervous and vascular systems now appear, but the tracheæ are not yet formed. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
With the institution of adequate cardiac compression, there was a great flow of blood from the cranial cavity, indicating that there was much vascular damage as well as brain tissue damage. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
In some trees the vascular tissue is more open on the upper side, in others on the under side, of the spreading branches; according to the form of growth, and habit of the sap. — Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

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